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"John Doe" <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns96509054411ADwisdomfolly@207.115.63.158...
> "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Xns96505C2A591C0wisdomfolly@207.115.63.158...
>>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>>> John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>>>>> John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote
>>
>>>>>>> Reading the article referenced in someone elses earlier
> thread.
>>
>>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.m
> spx
>>
>>>>>>> Could my problems be resolved by switching
>>>>>>> away from NTFS and back to FAT32?
>>
>>>>>> Nope. FAT32 is only relevant for OSs which
>>>>>> dont support NTFS like Win98 and ME.
>>
>>>>> Is that code for "NTFS is better than FAT32"?
>>
>>>> Nope, just recognising the basics, that Win9x and ME cant see
>>>> the contents of NTFS formatted partitons and so if you setting
>>>> up a dual boot system, thats an important consideration.
>>
>>> I thought your reply had something to do with my problem,
>>> which doesn't have anything to do with Win9x and ME.
>>
>> Nope, I was commenting on why that
>> article you cited mentions FAT32 format.
> That article cited by someone else in this group says that FAT32
> is not only for Windows 9x, but also important for windows NT.
That particular MS article says nothing like that.
And you arent running NT anyway even if he is right.
>>>>> It sounds oversimple.
>>
>>>> It might if that was what was being said. It isnt.
"John Doe" <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote in message
news:Xns96509054411ADwisdomfolly@207.115.63.158...
> "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:Xns96505C2A591C0wisdomfolly@207.115.63.158...
>>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>>> John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>>>>> John Doe <jdoe@usenet.love.invalid> wrote
>>
>>>>>>> Reading the article referenced in someone elses earlier
> thread.
>>
>>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.m
> spx
>>
>>>>>>> Could my problems be resolved by switching
>>>>>>> away from NTFS and back to FAT32?
>>
>>>>>> Nope. FAT32 is only relevant for OSs which
>>>>>> dont support NTFS like Win98 and ME.
>>
>>>>> Is that code for "NTFS is better than FAT32"?
>>
>>>> Nope, just recognising the basics, that Win9x and ME cant see
>>>> the contents of NTFS formatted partitons and so if you setting
>>>> up a dual boot system, thats an important consideration.
>>
>>> I thought your reply had something to do with my problem,
>>> which doesn't have anything to do with Win9x and ME.
>>
>> Nope, I was commenting on why that
>> article you cited mentions FAT32 format.
> That article cited by someone else in this group says that FAT32
> is not only for Windows 9x, but also important for windows NT.
That particular MS article says nothing like that.
And you arent running NT anyway even if he is right.
>>>>> It sounds oversimple.
>>
>>>> It might if that was what was being said. It isnt.